Categories: Mind & Soul

30 of the Strangest Superstitions Out There

And “Unlucky” Numbers

We all know that Friday the 13th is draped with bad vibes. As Hutson states, “even if people say that they don’t [believe], they might expect bad things to happen on some level.” We also commonly fear 666, the “devil’s number” or “number of the beast.” But did you know that in China, the number 4 is feared because it sounds very close to the Chinese word for “death”? And it’s not Friday the 13th Italians dread, it’s Friday the 17th.

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